The Axepress Lane: John Marinatto wants to make Syracuse wait until 2014 to join the ACC and will Jim Boeheim ever coach in the ACC?

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1. Really, John Marinatto? Really?

Looks like Big East Commissioner John Marinatto is looking forward to an awkward divorce with Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

AP/2011

Marinatto told Pete Thamel of the New York Times that he intends to hold Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the 27-month exit clause that is built into Big East by-laws.

"We are going to abide by whatever the Big East thinks is best because we were partners, and we are still partners right now as we exit through this, so we will do all these things by the letter.

With that said, as we have seen in recent history, these things can be awkward moving forward. Obviously, I think Commissioner Marinatto is trying to put together a plan for the Big East and there may come a time where he really needs us to go. So, we don't want to be in their way either."

Marinatto can talk tough all he wants. Keeping Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the league until 2014 is just not a smart play. There are a lot of emotions flowing right now with the sudden departures of Syracuse and Pitt, but I agree with what Daryl Gross said.

I think the Big East will eventually come up with it's new identity and Syracuse and Pitt will show up one day to find the locks changed.

2. Will Jim Boeheim Ever Coach in the ACC?

So, despite my feelings on the matter, what if Marinatto holds Syracuse and Pittsburgh to this 27-month thing?

If I had a nickel for every email, tweet, comment, and text I got the last two days telling me Jim Boeheim will never coach in the ACC, I would be as rich as, well, Jim Boeheim.